Uniaxial Stress Technique and Investigations of Correlated Electron Systems

This book reports on the development and application of a new uniaxial pressure apparatus that is currently generating considerable interest in the field of materials physics. The author provides practical guidelines for performing such experiments, backed up by finite element simulations. Subsequently, the book reports on two uses of the device. In the first, high pressures are used to tune to a Van Hove singularity in Sr 2 RuO 4 , while the effects on the unconventional superconductivity and ...